India, Russia to finalise $600 mn fighter deal
Posted on: Tue May 30th, 2006 | in.rediff.com

India is expected to finalise a $600 million deal for swapping 18 Su-30K and Su-30MK fighters with the latest version of Su-30MKI during Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi's week-long visit to Russia beginning today.

CENTAF releases combined airpower summary for May 26 to 29
Posted on: Tue May 30th, 2006 | af.mil

5/30/2006 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- U.S. Central Command Air Forces officials release the airpower summary for May 26 to 29.

Name for F-35 will soon take flight
Posted on: Tue May 30th, 2006 | aimpoints.hq.af.mil

WASHINGTON -- The Air Force chief of staff will name the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by June 30, choosing from six monikers that range from the historic to the arcane, military and industry officials say.

BAE Systems: Eurofighter consortium could move into UAVs
Posted on: Tue May 30th, 2006 | flightglobal.com

BAE Systems believes the four-nation Eurofighter consortium could evolve to serve as the industrial vehicle for a European multirole unmanned air vehicle programme if emerging national requirements could be harmonised.

Preliminary Information on Crash of Border Patrol Predator-B Released
Posted on: Tue May 30th, 2006 | ntsb.gov

On April 25, 2006, at approximately 0341 mountain standard time, an unregistered Predator B aircraft, collided with the terrain approximately 30 statute miles northwest of Nogales, Arizona. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was registered to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.